Paul Manafort arrives for Friday’s hearing in U.S. District Court in Washington. (Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images) If you’re Paul Manafort, and a judge has just thrown you into jail for alleged witness tampering, and you have already been indicted on several counts of money laundering, fraud and tax evasion, there’s an awful lot of pressure on you to make your prosecutors…

Ahead of their “Cold and Black and Infinite” tour this fall, Nine Inch Nails are playing a smattering of headlining dates and festivals across the US and Europe this summer. The first of these shows took place in Las Vegas on Wednesday night. The 19-song set kicked off with a cover of Gary Numan’s “Metal”, the band’s first such performance…

Two years after Montreal art pop group Majical Cloudz announced their split, frontman Devon Welsh is kick starting his solo career. He returned in May with the powerful and sparse “I’ll Be Your Ladder”, and now he’s back with another single and video, “Vampires”. With production from Austin Tufts of BRAIDS, “Vampires” is certainly fuller than “Ladder”, with ping-ponging guitar notes building over…

Whethan is on fire. He’s not only been featured on the “Fifty Shades Freed” soundtrack with Dua Lipa, but has also worked with Charli XCX, Flux Pavilion, and more, with no signs of letting up. Fresh off a viral performance at Coachella with the Yodeling Kid and the release of “Be Like You” featuring BROODS, the 19-year-old producer unveils his new collaboration…

Alessia Cara released her debut album, Know It All, back in 2015. In the three years since, she’s not only ascended to the top of the charts with “Scars to Your Beautiful” and “Here”, but also a Grammy for Best New Artist (beating out the likes of Khalid, SZA, and Lil Uzi Vert). The Canadian indie pop songwriter is now…

Originating in the 1990s, footwork has been one of the premiere dance and DJ movement to come out of Chicago. Founded in the early aughts by the late DJ Rashad, the legendary Teklife crew has been at the forefront of the entire genre. This July, the members of the group will take part in an in depth discussion about “the…

Hundreds of Palestinians on Friday gathered at the Israel-Gaza Strip border for the 12th consecutive week of protests while also marking the Eil al-Fitr holiday. About 2,000 faithful gathered in the border area to pray on Eid al-Fitr, which comes at the end of the holy Muslim month of Ramadan,…

The war in Syria gets clicks and shares, and the fight to defeat Islamic State is never far from the headlines. But Yemen, a top contender in the devastation and suffering index, often goes unmentioned. Here’s why it shouldn’t be.